An interesting letter to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the paper local to the US Air Force Academy:
I believe the vast majority of the Air Force Academy community, and the rest of us, have had a belly full of Mikey Weinstein’s whinings and rantings…
Weinstein is nothing more than a self-loathing bully who Read more
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel credited the Anti-Defamation League with a turnabout at the US Air Force Academy with respect to religion:
The Department of Defense is proud – very proud – to have worked with the ADL to make our military more open, and more equal, and more just. One example of this historic partnership is at the Air Force Academy, where only a few years ago there were troubling accusations of Read more
Captain Tim Riemann recently attended Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, a basic officer course for communications and leadership skills — somewhat like a 9-month version of Air Force Squadron Officer School. He wrote an article while there entitled “Replace the Clergy” that was published in the unofficial Marine Corps Gazette:
It [is] clear that the Chaplain Corps is expensive and provides a redundant religious capability, and its members are routinely employed beyond their capabilities. Therefore, the Department of the Navy (DoN) should begin phasing out active duty chaplains, replace them with licensed professional counselors (LPCs), and utilize the Reserve Chaplain Corps for duty exclusively in combat-designated areas.
While an interesting topic, the article was clearly an academic exercise and reads like little more than a school project. At about 1,600 words, Riemann has little time to articulate his argument on a substantial topic and fails to Read more
The Air Force released two investigation reports blaming pilots for two separate F-16 crashes this year.
In the first, Capt Lucas Gruenther was killed when he ejected from his F-16 during a night training sortie over the Adriatic Sea. The Air Force said:
The board president, Brig. Gen. Derek P. Rydholm, found clear and convincing evidence that the pilot Read more
Multiple reports now cover the manual for Department of Defense Equal Opportunity officers governing training at Patrick Air Force Base — and the implications it has racist content.
“Whites are the empowered group,” states the manual. “White males represent the haves as compared to the have-nots.”
FoxNews obtained the manual from an officer disturbed by its content, as it guides all EO throughout the military: Read more
The Navy reported that a T-45C Goshawk crashed while on approach to Naval Air Station Pensacola. The two-man crew was hospitalized.
The two aircrew aboard a U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk aircraft that crashed this morning at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. are stable and are being treated at a local hospital.
At approximately 10:30 a.m. today, a U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk aircraft crashed at the approach end of a runway at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.
The articles do not address whether the crew attempted to eject.
Also at the Stars and Stripes and Navy Times.
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If you’ve never heard President Ronald Reagan’s address to the Baptist Fundamentalism conference in April of 1984, it’s worth 20 minutes of your time. Reagan reads Jewish Navy Chaplain Arnold Resnicoff’s report from the Beirut barracks bombing the year prior. Reagan’s reactions, as well as his handling of hecklers as he reads, is fascinating.
It’s a real pleasure to be with so many who firmly believe that the answers to the world’s problems can be found in the Word of God.
– President Ronald Reagan
Think a US President would address a 20,000 strong Baptist audience today and say that on TV?
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Chaplain (Capt) Joseph Wright describes how he and his family prepared for his first deployment, six months after he arrived at his first assignment:
We prayed, and we prepared. We read a book about preparing for deployment. It advised not to simply survive deployment, but thrive during it. Two retired colonels authored the book and emphasized the importance of trusting God and His plan. They shared the conviction that God is directing my family’s time of separation, because through it, He would be growing, maturing, and developing all of us in ways impossible if we stayed together.
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